Recent content by gbell

Thanks for all the info guys. For the record, I replaced the socket and the "effect" is gone. Now, no more excuses for not practicing...

In the days of two-pronged outlets, was the chassis just tied to neutral? I have RCDs. They're not triggering on this, presumably because of the isolation provided by the step-down transformer?

So that one fault is enough to explain the phenomenon, and the strength of what I'm feeling (subjective, sorry) doesn't indicate anything more serious. The fault HAPPENED and NOW I can feel the described effects. I have not yet fixed the ground. Measured voltages to the socket, so it's not...

Agreed, thanks. Have modified the diagram. Interesting, that explains it. Does it make sense that I can easily feel it though? Jim (below) thinks so. I understand the high-impedance of the DMM picking it up, but my impedance is quite a bit lower. It feels strong enough to be nearly...

I moved to Australia from the US and took my Crate amp and Ibanez electric guitar with me. To deal with the 240 VAC, I needed a step-down transformer. So I have this setup: The ground connector of the socket on the 120 VAC side got weak and stopped making connection (Note 1). So the guitar...

Here's a theory... The water spreads out so thinly that it stops flowing (sticks) to the surface. Like a drop of water on a mild slope that doesn't roll. But the water is still flowing so it piles up behind the sticking point until it builds up enough weight to cascade over. This little...

Hi everyone, I'm puzzled by this phenomenon - when there's a thin sheet of water flowing in the street, it forms little wavefronts which appear periodic. Obviously the water gets thin enough to interact with the rough asphalt surface, but how does the random texture manifest an organized...